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authorPřemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name>2020-10-07 20:49:58 +0200
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README.adoc: add configuration for elvish
And remove it from the "similar software" section. Our relationship has progressed. Other unusual shells I've checked before I gave up: - nushell lacks the ability to bind keys to user functions - yash can but is otherwise way too basic
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@@ -124,6 +124,35 @@ bind -x '"\201": sdn-restore'
bind '"\eo":"\200\C-m\201"'
----
+elvish
+~~~~~~
+To start using this navigator, put the following in your 'rc.elv':
+
+----
+use str
+edit:insert:binding[Alt-o] = {
+ local:reesc = [posix]{ str:replace "'\\''" "''" $posix }
+ local:posix = [cmd]{ eval ($reesc $cmd)" </dev/tty >/dev/tty 2>&1" }
+
+ # XXX: the -dot is not a stable API, and may hence break soon
+ local:buffer = $edit:current-command
+ local:cursor = (str:to-codepoints $buffer[0..$edit:-dot] | count)
+ local:ns = (ns [&])
+ while ?(eval ($reesc (sdn $buffer $cursor |
+ sed 's/^local //' | slurp)) &ns=$ns) {
+ if (not-eq $ns[cd] "") { cd $ns[cd] }
+ if (not-eq $ns[insert] "") { edit:insert-at-dot $ns[insert]" " }
+ if (or (eq $ns[helper] "") (not ?($posix $ns[helper]))) { break }
+ }
+ edit:redraw &full=$true
+}
+----
+
+This shell is absolutely perverse. And so is integrating 'sdn' into it because
+it already includes a custom file manager, bound to Ctrl-N (though I find
+the ranger-like interface confusing and resource-demanding). Version 0.14.1 or
+newer is required.
+
Configuration
-------------
@@ -168,12 +197,6 @@ be hacked around in 'mc.ext' by turning on the `nroff` switch for a custom file
extension, just without actually invoking 'nroff'), and thus it can't show the
program help. 'sdn' is currently optimised for 'less' as the pager.
-Similar software
-----------------
- * https://elvish.io/ is an entire shell with an integrated ranger-like file
- manager on Ctrl-N (I find this confusing and resource-demanding, preferring
- to keep closer to "orthodox file managers")
-
Contributing and Support
------------------------
Use https://git.janouch.name/p/sdn to report any bugs, request features,